Gina is a senior partner in Gilbert + Tobin’s Competition + Regulation practice. Gina is consistently ranked as one of Australia’s leading competition and regulatory lawyers by Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers and Best Lawyers. Since 2010 Gina has been ranked as a ’Star Individual’ for Competition and Antitrust by Chambers Asia Pacific.

Gina leads Gilbert + Tobin’s work in obtaining or opposing competition clearances for mergers and joint ventures in Australia and New Zealand. In addition to her expertise in all areas of competition law advice for major corporations, Gina specialises in economic regulatory advice and representing clients before the ACCC, NZCC, ASIC, ACMA and other regulators.

Gina has advised on some of the largest, most contentious and complex merger clearance matters for acquisitions and joint ventures in Australia and New Zealand. Gina is known for achieving commercial results through creative solutions and perseverance even when previous applications for clearance have been refused.

Gina was a Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley from 1986 - 87, majoring in US competition law, financial institutions regulation and securities regulation.

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Australian competition law was the focus of a lot of high profile activity in 2018, and 2019 is promising more of the same, keeping the market on its toes. In this report, we explore the key themes and developments in Australian competition law in 2018 and the outlook for 2019.

A new era has begun in Australian competition law. The most significant changes to Australia’s competition laws in over 40 years came into effect in November 2017. In this report, we explore the major changes to Australia's competition law, key activities by the ACCC in 2017 and what's ahead for Australian competition law in 2018.

The balance of the most significant changes to Australia’s competition laws in over 40 years have today been passed by the Federal Parliament. The changes are a response to the recommendations of the Competition Policy Review in 2015 chaired by Professor Ian Harper.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission may obtain a search warrant authorising it to enter specified premises and seize documents and things (including electronic equipment and data storage devices) if they are of the kind of evidential material specified in the warrant.

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The Law Society of NSW, with support from Gilbert + Tobin, is marking the centenary of women in the law with a campaign and video that aims to celebrate the enormous contribution women have made to the legal profession and to inspire the next generation of women lawyers to continue this legacy.

Gina Cass-Gottlieb, one of Gilbert + Tobin’s market leading competition and regulation partners has been recognised as part of an elite group of the world’s best female legal talent. The report, by legal research firm Acritas features the stars of the legal industry globally and is compiled from more than 10,000 independent client nominations globally.